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Leading Towards a Network Organization

Lead Change Blog

In a previous blog , I wrote about why you should transform your organization into a network organization and promised to write about how to lead that transformation. To recap, a network organization is all about communities based on connectors and content. Acknowledge your position. Get your team on board.

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Community Management

Lead Change Blog

A network organization is resilient and sustainable. One of the largest barriers in several organizations is that many managers still tend to think using hierarchical paradigms. What works better is transforming your organization into a network organization. What’s the alternative?

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Lead by Providing Bearing, Room, and Backup

Lead Change Blog

A pure form of self-directed teams is a paradox, in that it would allow a team to go in a direction that doesn’t really fit with the organization. So even when dealing with self-directed teams, or with a network organization , you as leader will always have the responsibility to provide bearing.

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Insurance Executive Search: Navigating the Landscape of Risk and Reward

N2Growth Blog

They are no longer responsible for managing risk but also for driving innovation, enhancing customer experiences, and achieving sustainable growth. Executives who share the same values and understand the company’s mission and vision are likelier to drive innovation, build strong teams, and foster a positive work environment.

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20 Essential Terms that You Need to Know to Transform Your Business

N2Growth Blog

Learning Organization – A learning organization is one that acquires knowledge and facilitates the learning of its team members, in order to continuously improve, innovate, and transform. Work teams are formed to meet the demands of the organization. Work teams are formed to meet the demands of the organization.

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Four Factors for the 21st Century

Lead Change Blog

The coworker of the future needs to think beyond the comfort zone of the known, use divergent and convergent thinking, and approach challenges and opportunities in an iterative and innovative way. Probably the most important sustainability quality is the capacity to influence. Influence means getting things done.

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Care for a white-water ride?

N2Growth Blog

Developments of global network organizations. Great attention for innovation. Strategic cooperation’s with (parts of) companies without changes in ownership structures. Companies are becoming increasingly information sensitive, and at the same time vulnerable for third parties.